Iran - Concern for fates of arrested, imprisoned journalists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders expressed outrage and concern over the arrest this month of a women dissident journalist, who is now serving a prison sentence. The organization is also worried about the safety of other previously imprisoned journalists. Jila Bani Yaghoob, journalist, blogger and women's rights activist, was summoned to Evin prison on 2 September to serve a one-year sentence handed down in 2010. Yaghoob's initial arrest also came in 2009. She had been detained along with her (...)

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